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Blood, Sturtz top all-Metro bowling

Rylee Blood of Prairie and Hunter Sturtz of Jefferson have been honored as the Athletes of the Year on the all-Metro bowling teams, as selected by the Metro coaches.

Prairie girls claimed three of seven spots on the all-Metro first team with Blood, Ashley Sundstrom and Sabrina Keiper. Shania Christensen of Washington, Bre Smith of Marion, Mekena Diercks of Linn-Mar and Jamie Milota of Kennedy also made the first team.

Alex Diercks of Linn-Mar, James Jambois of Kennedy, Matt Galloro of Prairie, Jarrett Steward of Marion, Jacob Fulton of Xavier and Charlie Hart of Xavier joined Sturtz on the all-Metro first team for boys.

Don Willfong of Prairie was named the girls Coach of the Year and Mat Fowler of Jefferson was named the boys Coach of the Year.

Second Team Girls

Kaitlyn Earley (Prairie), Alexis Tschantz (Linn-Mar), Jade Klinefelter (Prairie), Alexis Smith (Marion), Megan Kitzmiller (Jefferson), Tanya Zaugg (Xavier).

Second Team Boys

Chase Donner (Jefferson), Nathan Williams (Linn-Mar), Ryan Wyant (Linn-Mar), Bert Goodwin (Kennedy), Shawn Wille (Prairie), Dakota Timmerman (Marion).

Honorable Mention Girls

Jefferson - Allie Schirmer, Hailey Kimble
Kennedy - Alyssa Wiedemeier, Abbie Haller
Linn-Mar - Abbie Smith, Brittni Krause
Marion - Aleann Romo, Alicia Steepleton
Prairie - Mikayla Hite, Ashley Grady
Washington - Ella Wake, Lucy Forster
Xavier - Cheyanne Crane, Ella Schrader

Honorable Mention Boys

Jefferson - Riley Walton, John Gardner
Kennedy - Max Hiatt, Nick Green
Linn-Mar - Jacob Wheaton, Alex Barnett
Marion - Dylan Nash, Nate Meister
Prairie - Lucas Galloro, Brendan Poock
Washington - Donovan Trimble, John Taylor
Xavier - Jackson Schuster, Michael Buenzow

IC West stops Jefferson girls

IOWA CITY – The Jefferson girls basketball team’s season came to an end with a 61-51 loss to 13th-ranked Iowa City West in a Class 5A regional semifinal Saturday at West High.

The Women of Troy jumped to a 14-7 lead in the first quarter and maintained the lead the rest of the way.

Kennedy Dighton led the J-Hawks (9-13) with 14 points and 18 rebounds. Emily Oler added 12 points.

Iowa City West (15-7) will face No. 7 Waukee (16-5) in a regional final at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Waukee.

JEFFERSON (51): Kitterman 1 2-2 4, Guy 1 3-4 6, Donner 1 0-0 3, Wise 1 2-2 4, Melton 0 0-0 0, Watkins 0 0-0 0, Kuba 1 0-0 3, Thurmond 0 0-0 0, Erica Oler 2 1-3 5, Dighton 5 2-2 14, Emily Oler 5 2-5 12, Obrian 0 0-0 0. Totals 17 12-18 51.

IOWA CITY WEST (61): Morgan 2 6-8 11, Zacharias 3 0-1 7, Nock 0 0-0 0, Faulkner 0 0-0 0, Fay 1 0-0 3, Saunders 2 5-6 9, McGrane 0 0-0 0, Huinker 1 2-2 4, Cook 4 1-2 9, Harder 1 1-2 3, Koch 4 6-7 14, Morgan 0 0-0 0, Beckner 0 1-2 1. Totals 18 22-30 61.

Halftime – Iowa City West 33, Jefferson 24. 3-point goals – Jefferson 5 (Dighton 2, Guy, Donner, Kuba), Iowa City West 3 (Morgan, Zacharias, Fay).

J-Hawks beaten by Waterloo East

The Jefferson boys basketball team ended the regular season with an 80-67 loss to Waterloo East in a Mississippi Valley Conference game Thursday at Jefferson.

The Trojans (11-11) jumped to a 23-5 lead in the first quarter.

Dennis McKinney scored 20 points for the J-Hawks (9-13). Royshawn Webb scored 14 points and Adam Van Oort added 13 points.

Isaiah Wade scored 28 points for Waterloo East.

WATERLOO EAST (80): A.Clark 2 2-4 7, Gaffeney 2 3-3 7, J.Clark 5 0-0 11, Reed 0 0-0 0, Nickelson 7 2-4 17, Muhammad 0 0-0 0, Holmes 0 0-0 0, Sanders 0 0-0 0, Berninobis 1 0-0 2, Phillips 1 2-2 4, Matlock 2 0-0 4, Wade 11 6-12 28, Garrey 0 0-0 0, Jones 0 0-0 0. Totals 31 15-25 80.

JEFFERSON (67): Webb 4 6-8 14, Wiederin 0 2-2 2, Green 0 2-7 2, Kramer 1 2-2 5, Brown 1 0-0 2, McCauley 1 0-0 2, Van Oort 5 1-2 13, Szabo 0 0-0 0, McKinney 7 6-7 20, Burnett 1 0-0 2, Larson 0 0-0 0, Hulsing 1 0-0 3, Smith 0 0-0 0. Totals 20 19-28 67.

Halftime – Waterloo East 47, Jefferson 26. 3-point goals – Waterloo East 3 (A.Clark, J.Clark, Nickelson), Jefferson 4 (Van Oort 2, Kramer, Hulsing).

17 Metro wrestlers win state openers

DES MOINES - Seventeen wrestlers from Metro schools won their opening-round matches at the Class 3A state tournament Thursday in Des Moines and advanced to the quarterfinals on Friday.

The Prairie Hawks finished with a 5-3 record in the first round with Conrad Braswell (106), Marcus England (113), Sam Uthoff (132), Morgan Hood (152) and Taylor Mehmen (195) all advancing. Tyler Pasker (220) lost in the first round, but bounced back in a consolation match and stayed alive in the tournament. Trenten Wennermark (126) and Alex Heisdorffer (285) dropped both of their matches for the Hawks and were eliminated.

Prairie is tied for third place in the team standings with 19.5 points with Johnston and West Des Moines Valley. Fort Dodge leads the Class 3A standings with 31 points, with Southeast Polk second at 28.

The Kennedy Cougars had an impressive day in the opening round with Nolan Hromidko (126), Logen Rodriguez (152), Ben Sarasin (160), Garrett Kubovec (170) and Dalles Jacobus (220) all prevailing in the Round of 16. Kennedy is tied for ninth in the team standings with 14 points after going 5-for-5 in their openers.

The Jefferson J-Hawks went 2-2 in the opening round with Joseph Sibomana (113) and Kyle Briggs (152) advancing. Brenden Baker (120) and Nick Dreckman (182) lost in the first round, but won in their wrestle-back to stay alive. The J-Hawks are in 17th place in the standings.

The Xavier Saints went 2-1 in the opening round with Clint Lembeck (138) and Josh Gerke (145) collecting pins. Keegan Schultschik (120) lost in the first round, but won his wrestle-back. The Saints are in 21st place.

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